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UCLA Gets Its Eighth Win

By: Tony Siracusa (CFB Managing Editor) | November 28, 2021November 28, 2021

It wasn’t picturesque by any stretch of the imagination, but it was productive. At the end of the day that was good enough as UCLA gets its eighth win of the season with a 42-14 win over Cal at the Rose Bowl Saturday night. Not many people saw it. The announced attendance of 36,156 was […] READ MORE

UCLA Blows Past Cal With Ease

By: Tony Siracusa (CFB Managing Editor) | November 15, 2020November 15, 2020

Maybe there is something to this “flying by the seat of your pants” system for UCLA. The Bruins were scheduled to play Utah Friday night. That got moved to Saturday. Then by Friday afternoon, the entire game plan had been scrapped because of Utah’s COVID numbers. Instead, a game against Cal was thrown together for […] READ MORE

Pac 12 Season: “Everything Is On The Table”

By: Tony Siracusa (CFB Managing Editor) | May 14, 2020May 14, 2020

Four days of digital meetings with Pac 12 coaches have made one thing clear. There is little clear about the potential for an upcoming college football season. But there are many, very specific plans being created. Pac 12 Season: “Everything Is On The Table” Day four of the Pac 12 meetings included Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin, […] READ MORE

UCLA Has More Questions As Season Ends

By: Tony Siracusa (CFB Managing Editor) | December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

An uninspired UCLA season ended in appropriate fashion Saturday night the Rose Bowl, in that it ended. The Bruins lost to Cal 28-18 in front of a crowd of 38,102. It was the second lowest crowd of the season, topping the San Diego State game by 1,151. Clearly UCLA has more questions as the season […] READ MORE

Bruins Looking For Light

By: Tony Siracusa (CFB Managing Editor) | November 28, 2019November 28, 2019

The last few practices of a season that is officially going nowhere can be tough. UCLA is 4-7 overall, 4-4 in conference. They are coming off back to back drubbings, including to crosstown rival USC. They face Cal in the season finale Saturday night in the Rose Bowl. The Bears are 6-5 overall and 3-5 […] READ MORE

Week Five Midweek Musings

By: Lindsay Higgins | October 2, 2019October 1, 2019

Happy Hump Day! Here are my Week Five Midweek Musings: Rutgers After a 52-0 thumping by Michigan, Rutgers pulled the rare in-season firing of the coach. Chris Ash has an 8-32 record since his arrival in 2016. I can’t imagine that anyone expected him to be back for a fifth year, but I’m not sure […] READ MORE

Is Sandy Barbour’s Time at Penn State Limited?

By: Maggie Yarnell (Senior Editor) | November 27, 2018November 26, 2018

A few weeks ago after the blow out loss to Michigan I asked “what is the answer for Penn State?” I did not call out any coaches or players, because I think it is a combination of things that everyone needs to improve on. Many of the responses and comments discussed getting rid of James […] READ MORE

UCLA Gets Their First Chip Kelly Win

By: Tony Siracusa (CFB Managing Editor) | October 14, 2018October 14, 2018

The end happened decisively. It happened with contributions from many. Most importantly for UCLA, it happened. The five-game losing streak that begun the Chip Kelly era at UCLA ended with a 37-7 win over Cal at Berkeley Saturday night. The Bruins jumped out early, they jumped out often and they never had a significant let-up. […] READ MORE

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